Curtain pole



July 14, 1936. Q Q WALLACE 2,047,238

CURTAIN POLE Filed July 1'7, 1934 Mg 14' I-EIQQDIL wail! .1 5%- 6. 0'WJZZQGQ ATTORNEY Patented July 14, 1936 UNITED STATES eATENT OFFICE" Vl, 2,047,238 a CURTAIN POLE Charles'Orvile Wallace, Cheyenne, Wyo.Application July 17, 1934, Serial No. 735,636

1 Claim.

This invention relates to window fixtures especially adapted for ofiicesand similar establishments and has for the primary object the provisionof a device of the above stated character 5 which may be readilyinstall-ed to a window or its frame by the occupant and supports awindow shade bearing the occupants name, occupation or otherinformation, curtains and draperies for the window and an illuminatingmeans suitably shaded, thus shading and decorating the window andeliminating the necessity of the occupant having the expense of placingdesired information on the window panel as customary.

With these and other objects in view this in- 5 vention consists incertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view illustrating the fixture.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the means ofsupporting the shade, curtains and the shading medium for theilluminating means. I

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a shade bracket.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing a bracket for supporting the lightfixture.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing a supporting arm for curtain anddrapery poles.

Figure '7 is a detail sectional view showing a modified form of myinvention wherein the curtains may be supported within the window frame.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of the bracket employed in mymodified form of invention shown in Figure 7.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral I indicates a windowframe of a window to which is secured brackets 2 for supporting a shaderoller 3 carrying a shade 4, the latter may have applied thereon in anysuitable manner, the name, occupation or any other information relativeto the occupant of the building or room to which the shade is installed.

Elongated brackets 5 having angularly related portions are secured tothe frame I adjacent the brackets 2 and extend outwardly and upwardlyfrom the window frame and have adjustably and removably secured theretoplates 6 arranged horizontally and apertured to receive a combineddrapery and curtain pole l. The pole l is constructed from a singlelength of material bent upon itself to form parallel portions forsupporting over the window curtains with its end portions projectingbeyond the brackets 5, as clearly 5 shown in Figure 1 to supportdraperies. By referring to Figures 1 and 3 it will be seen how thecurtains and draperies as well as the shade 4 are associated with theWindow. As shown by Figures 2 and 3, the plates 6 have centrallongitudi- 10 nally arranged slots or openings 6' therethrough for thereception of the bolts that pass through any one of the apertures in thebrackets 5. These bolts 5 are engaged by wing binding nuts 50, whichcontact with the plates 6 to hold the same 15 on the brackets at properlateral positions with respect to said brackets and likewise at desiredvertical angles on the brackets.

Brackets 8 are secured to the window frame I adjacent the brackets 2 and5 and each include 20 a split sleeve-like portion 9 connected by a boltIll having threaded thereon a wing nut ll. The split sleeves 9 receive atubular member l2 which extends transversely of the window I above theshade roller 3 and may have draped thereon cur- 25 tains l3 to bearranged upon the outer face of the shade 4. The tubular member hasconnected intermediate its ends a curved arm l4 also of tubularformation carrying at its free end a loop-shaped tubular member l6 andalso a down- 30 wardly curved extension ll forming a support for anelectric light fixture I8. The extension i1 is in communication with thearm I4 and the latter is in communication with the tubular member I2 foraccommodating the electrical 35 conductors for the fixture l8 and saidconductors extend to one end of the tubular member I2 and are connectedwith a conventional type of separable electrical fixture I9 which may beconnected to an electrical extension cord leading 4 from an electricaloutput so as to furnish the electric lamp 20 carried by the fixture H!with electricity. The loop-shaped element l6 forms a support for a lightshade 2|, the latter prefr erably being made of fabric hemmed, pleatedand so provided to accommodate itself to the element l6 and artisticallydraped about the electric lamp.

A device of the character described will efficiently support a shade,curtains, draperies and a shaded illuminating means to a windowproviding a device which is artistic as well as of commercial value tothe occupant of a building or a room of said building wherein theoccupants name, occupation and other information 5 can be displayedthrough the window either in day time or at night time, the electriclamp providing illumination for the printed matter upon the shade atnight time besides providing illumination for the room or the window. Adevice of this kind can be easily installed to a window and removedtherefrom should the occupant change locations and obviates thenecessity of the occupant going to the expense of having his name andother information applied to the window panels.

As shown in Figures 7 and 8 substantially L- shaped brackets 23 may bemounted to the tubular member l2 and are provided with elongated slotsto receive a curtain rod 24 on which the curtain l3 may be draped. Thebrackets 23 dispose the rod 24 within the window frame and due to theslots of the brackets the rod 24 may be easily adjusted upwardly anddownwardly.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A window fixture, comprising a pair of brackets, each constituting aflat rectangular member, which is secured at one of its ends to thewindow frame, and which has a half twist to provide an angle extensionand said extension having a series of spaced apertures therethrough,plates having openings adjacent to the ends thereof for curtain polesand having elongated slots between said openings, pivot elements passingthrough one of the apertures and through the slots in said plates andbinding elements on said pivots for forcing the plates into frictionalcontact with the brackets.

CHARLES ORVILE WALLACE.

